Expert Analysis

3 New Pay Transparency State Laws Raise Compliance Risks

Wage transparency measures taking effect in Delaware, Maine and New Jersey add a layer of complexity to the hiring... (more story)

Vax Ruling Offers Employer Tips For Handling Political Speech

A California appeals court's recent decision in Rademacher v. ABC, rejecting a "General Hospital" actor's suit all... (more story)

What Colorado AI Law's Major Rewrite Means For Employers

Colorado's landmark law regulating employers' use of artificial intelligence tools was recently replaced with a na... (more story)

Labor More

Calif. Forecast: Workday Seeks To Narrow Hiring Bias Case

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on Workday's effort to sink claims in a proposed discrimination class action brought by job applicants. Here's a look at that case and other labor and em... (more story)

NY Forecast: Energy Co. Worker's Age Bias Suit At 2nd Circ.

This week, the Second Circuit will hear arguments over whether to revive an energy company analyst's lawsuit alleging the company discriminated against her on the basis of her age by passing her over for promo... (more story)

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DC Circ. Backs NLRB Bargaining Order Against Casino

The D.C. Circuit has upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that a Las Vegas casino violated federal labor law during a union campaign for hospitality workers but said it would not rule on th... (more story)

Texas Biz Court Lets Southwest Pilots Redo Boeing Claims

A Texas business court judge said the Southwest Airlines pilots union could continue its suit against The Boeing Co. for alleged economic losses resulting from the grounding of the 737 Max aircraft, but told t... (more story)

NLRB Wrongly Rejected Late Appeal, Dialysis Center Co. Says

A network of dialysis centers with locations in Texas has urged the Fifth Circuit to vacate a National Labor Relations Board order upholding an agency judge's decision that found the company violated federal l... (more story)

NLRB Calls USPS Signature Collection Rule Unlawful

The United States Postal Service violated federal labor law by maintaining a rule barring employees from collecting signatures and telling a worker he couldn't post flyers on workplace safety issues on a commu... (more story)

AFL-CIO Sues Over Lack Of Comment Period For OLMS Rule

The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards "blindsided" American unions by imposing new disclosure obligations on them right before the start of a new fiscal year without seeking their... (more story)

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Discount Airline Settles Military Workers' Leave Benefits Suit

A budget airline has agreed to settle a proposed class action in Minnesota federal court claiming the business violated federal law by failing to contribute cash into workers' retirement funds when they took military leave.

Ex-Colo. Film Commissioner Says Age Bias Led To Firing

Colorado's former film commissioner hit the state's economic development office with an age bias and retaliation suit, alleging he was forced out at age 79 after initiating the effort to bring the Sundance Fil... (more story)

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Amazon Reaches Deal To End Workers' Genetic Privacy Suit

Amazon has agreed to end a lawsuit alleging that it violated Illinois genetic privacy law by seeking information about job applicants' family medical history, according to a federal court filing.

Winston & Strawn Employment Partner Joins Davis Wright

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP announced Thursday that an experienced employment attorney has joined the firm's Los Angeles office after a lengthy stint with Winston & Strawn LLP.

2nd Circ. Asks If Ex-UConn Dept. Head Broke School Rules

A Second Circuit panel sounded skeptical Thursday about a former University of Connecticut department head's claim that racial animus led to his forced resignation, appearing to lean more toward the argument t... (more story)

Braidwood Files New Challenge To ACA Birth Control Mandate

For-profit healthcare company Braidwood Management and several individuals sued the government in Texas federal court to challenge no-cost contraception coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act, arg... (more story)

EEOC, Seafood Wholesaler Reach Deal To End Sex Bias Suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the operators of a seafood wholesaler have reached a settlement to end the agency's suit alleging the company refused to hire women for warehouse jobs based... (more story)

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Workers Hit Chiron Financial With Unpaid Wage Suit

Chiron Financial didn't pay 17 of its workers when it was having money trouble, a proposed class action in Texas federal court alleges, seeking to recoup the money that the workers say they're owed.

Amazon Can't Escape Warehouse Workers' Holiday Pay Suit

Amazon has failed to persuade a New Mexico federal judge to toss overtime claims brought by two warehouse workers who said the company shortchanged them by excluding holiday incentive pay from their regular rate calculations.

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NYPD To Pay $2.9M To End Maintenance Workers' OT Suit

Current and former hourly workers at the NYPD's building maintenance unit have reached a nearly $3 million settlement in New York federal court over claims that the city failed to pay them for preshift prepara... (more story)

Worker's FLSA Retaliation Claim Should Survive, Judge Says

A North Carolina federal magistrate judge has recommended keeping alive a former Durham finance worker's claim that the city retaliated against her for complaining about unpaid overtime, while finding that her... (more story)

Colorado Ski Resorts Hit With Rest Break Wage Suits

Former employees of a hotel and mountain resort in Colorado claim that they were routinely denied 10-minute breaks during their shifts in violation of Colorado law, according to a pair of proposed class action... (more story)

NYC Sanitation Officers Accuse City Of Skimping On OT

Over 100 New York City sanitation officers have sued the city in a federal court, claiming it has systematically failed to pay them for time worked before and after their scheduled shifts, miscalculated their ... (more story)

Real Estate Group, Cos. Seek Win In NYC Guard Pay Dispute

The Real Estate Board of New York and two real estate companies have urged a New York federal court to grant them judgment in their challenge to a New York City law that sets minimum wage and benefit requireme... (more story)